XXXI 



GAME RESERVES 



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The Northern Game Reserve occupies some 14,000 

 miles, consisting mostly of desert country, and is at 

 present beyond the furthest limits of colonisation. The 

 southern boundary of this large tract is the north 

 Guaso Nyiro river, and the sanctuary forms a square 

 block to the north of this line artificially bounded on 

 the other three sides. Although, as I have said, the 

 area comprised is mostly arid and sandy, certain 



Through the Reserve. 



{By permission of the Manager of the Uganda Railway.) 



portions are probably fitted for white settlement, and 

 in the course of time its area is likely to be curtailed. 



There is no great variety, or indeed number, of 

 animals in the Northern Reserve ; shortage and 

 poverty of grazing are responsible for that ; but of the 

 species included some, at all events, are not found in 

 the Southern Reserve. Among its inmates are 

 elephant, of which there are undoubtedly several 

 thousand, rhinoceros, buffalo, giraffe (reticulata), 



